First thing Saturday

The coffee's ready, the dogs are fed, CBC radio is on; the weekend has started in all the usual ways, except... there's no sign of the sun! Here is what today will look like, in our part of the country and yours:

Date: October 29
Sunrise: 9:18am (Whitehorse), 7:49am (Toronto), 7:15am (Nassau)
Sunset: 6:10pm (Whitehorse), 6:13pm (Toronto), 6:31pm (Nassau)
Length of day: 8h 52m (Whitehorse), 10h 23m (Toronto), 11h 16m (Nassau)

It's a bit disorienting, having a regular work schedule to keep, but feeling like you've made a mistake and left the house at the wrong time of the day because the pitch black, the stars in the sky, the quiet forests, everything indicates that it's night time! If we could take a photo of our drives into town in the mornings these days, it would look like this (with a bit more snow at the side of the road):

Jack's back with his pack

A night with an empty stomach gave Jack the incentive he needed to climb into the trailer this morning, and we brought him back to his farm and his pals just after lunch. The ram was pretty happy to see Jack and his food bucket- as soon as we opened up the trailer to let him out, the ram was eating up the food scraps that Jack had left, without even welcoming him home. He's back to his old life for a little while... then he's on the list for harvesting. Colin will be going over to help and learn, but will hopefully not be making any videos this time.

Here are some links to the farm that Jack came from:

Extreme Farming in the Yukon

Wheaton River Garden

We had a great time at the alpaca farm fair afterwards, and came home with a pair of alpaca wool socks, and a bag of wool for felting. Oh, and Colin came home with some alpaca spit on his sunglasses- one of the girls took a disliking to him, and made it known quickly!

First go at moving Jack Pig

Today we woke up with the goal of getting Jack Pig into the trailer and back to his farm. Colin took first shift, and built a fire to keep warm in the early-morning frosty weather